THE IRISH QUESTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9185, 27 April 1893, Page 5

THE IRISH QUESTION.

AMENDMENTS TO THE HOME

RULE BILL.

THREE HUNDRED TABLED.

SPEECHES BY LORD SALISBURY

AND MR. BALFOUR.

THE ULSTER AGITATION.

DEPUTATION TO LORD MAYOR

KNILL.

Pross Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.

London, April 25. Mr. Laboucherb has given notice of an amendment to the Homo Rule Bill in committee, abolishing the Legislative Council in the Irish Parliament.

A Nationalist will propose that the limit of the Irish contribution to the Imperial exchequer be one million avid a quarter sterling.

Messrs. Redmond have given notice of amendments excluding Irish members from seats in the Imperial Parliament at Westminster.

Three hundred amendments to the Home Rule Bill have already been tabled.

Mr. Asquitli, Home Secretary, in reply to Mr. Sexton, said the recent inflammatory speeches were answerable to a grave degree for the Belfast riots.

Mr. Balfour, addressing a meeting of Ulstermen, said the coming dissolution would be the death-warrant of the Government, whom lie represented as in great fear of going to the poll again. The Government were hissed by the meeting. Lord Salisbury, addressing 1600 Irish delegates at the Hatfield fete, declared there should be no Home Rule for Ireland or any part of it. Other Unionist leaders asserted that Great Britain would never desert those who were opposed to Home Rule. The excitement in Belfast continues.

The military prevented a collision between two large bodies of Protestants and Catholics.

The Orange Societies in Ulster and members of the House of Commons condemn the Belfast riots as not likely to assist the leaders of the opposition to Home Rule.

Dr. Kane has issued a manifesto warning his party to conserve its strength, as the " battle for faith and freedom" will come later on. He advises all over sixteen to prepare for a struggle. % Lord Mayor Knill, replying to a deputation of Ulster men. said he believed the Homo Rule Bill would work great mischief, but condemned armed resistance.

.Sir William Ewart, of Belfast, one of the deputation, declared that one firm was already preparing to remove its plant from Ireland at a cost of £40,000. All the men over GO are enrolling in Ulster, in order to elect an assembly of 600 to guide the country through the crisis.

The Chief Secretary for Ireland has telegraphed to the Government that affairs in Belfast are quietening down.